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Get to know Lovelorn better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like bereft or unloved.

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Lovelorn in a sentence

Lovelorn meaning

  1. Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love.
  2. Unloved, bereft of love.

Synonyms of Lovelorn

bereft unbeloved unloved

Using Lovelorn

  • The main meaning on this page is: Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love. | Unloved, bereft of love.
  • Useful related words include: bereft, unbeloved, unloved.

Context around Lovelorn

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Lovelorn

  • In this selection, "lovelorn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, permanently, appropriately, equally, 20s, epic and abe stand out and add context to how "lovelorn" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a needy lovelorn wreck who and an equally lovelorn very excitable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "lovelorn" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with lovelorn

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The effect could be appropriately lovelorn, or weary, as guided by Lasky’s texts. (14 words)

Hawthorne wunderkind Cuco has come a long way from self-producing his lovelorn solo pop tracks in his bedroom. (19 words)

If you had the chance to live inside an album you could choose worse than inhabiting its lovelorn epic splendour. (20 words)

On his new single "Love, or the Lack Thereof," Dunbar details a lovelorn existence, where the star begs his dreamed-up beau to sweep him off of his feet. (29 words)

One reviewer seemed to fight to give the film a mediocre score, with an offhanded about an otherwise well-liked scene between a lovelorn Abe Sapien and Hellboy. (28 words)

His origins among the Italian players in France are most unambiguously traced to Molière 's character, the lovelorn peasant Pierrot, in Don Juan, or The Stone Guest (1665). (28 words)

Example sentences (9)

Mitford’s satirical take on U and non-U society is as exotic now as it was in my permanently lovelorn 20s in 1980s New York City.

The effect could be appropriately lovelorn, or weary, as guided by Lasky’s texts.

If you had the chance to live inside an album you could choose worse than inhabiting its lovelorn epic splendour.

One reviewer seemed to fight to give the film a mediocre score, with an offhanded about an otherwise well-liked scene between a lovelorn Abe Sapien and Hellboy.

On his new single "Love, or the Lack Thereof," Dunbar details a lovelorn existence, where the star begs his dreamed-up beau to sweep him off of his feet.

Hawthorne wunderkind Cuco has come a long way from self-producing his lovelorn solo pop tracks in his bedroom.

The second is an equally lovelorn, very excitable gentleman, Benjamin Cohen, who continually tries to cover-up his Jewish background.

She does so with aplomb, crafting an Anne who’s pitiable and pathetic, a needy, lovelorn wreck who’s nonetheless capable of great wrath.

His origins among the Italian players in France are most unambiguously traced to Molière 's character, the lovelorn peasant Pierrot, in Don Juan, or The Stone Guest (1665).

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lovelorn" in a sentence?
An example: "Mitford’s satirical take on U and non-U society is as exotic now as it was in my permanently lovelorn 20s in 1980s New York City." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "lovelorn" from authentic English texts.
What does "lovelorn" mean?
Lovelorn means: Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love.
What are synonyms of "lovelorn"?
Common synonyms of "lovelorn" include: bereft, unbeloved, unloved.
How many example sentences with "lovelorn" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "lovelorn", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.